Type chase



Jan. 13, 1925. 1,522,691.

A. K. MARSH TYPE CHASE Filed Jat'x. 24, 1923 2 Sheets-Slant 1 4 lnvenTor. Alonzo K. Marsh Aflxs.

Jan." 3', 1925. 1,522,693

A. K. MARSH TYPE CHASE Filed Jan. 24, 1923 2 ShaotswSheeL 2 Fig. 11.

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tszaeei UNETED STATES PATENT GEHQE.

ALONZO KIMBALL MAR-SH, OF

OF NEW YORK,

Application filed. January 24, 1923.

To all whom it may Be it known that MAnsn, a citizen of the resident of New York, c State of New York,

provement in Type Chases,

NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB. TO A. KIMBALL COMPANY,

N. Y., A GORLE'ORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE CHASE.

concern I, ALoNzo KIMBALL United States, and ounty of New York.

have invented an Imof which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing,

like characters on the d like parts.

is a specification, rawin'g representing This invention relates to a type chas:

particularly designed for use in connection with either power or hand operated stamping or marking devices,

printing or marking tags,

and any similar work.

such as employed in marking tickets The object of the invention is to provide a type chase provided with removable type holders each adapted to receive and support a single line or row of type.

The object of provide such a type cha .iolders are constructed nesting thus to bring the invention is further to se in which the type so as to be laterally the lines or rows of type as close together as possible when required.

The object of the invention is further to provide such a type cha se in which the type holders are endwise reversible thus enabling separate lines so as to print with the opposite directions.

or rows of type to be set up characters facing in The object of the invention is further to provide such a type chase in which the several type holders may be secured therein with any desired the type holders degree of space between thus e nabling the lines of printed matter to be spaced apart as required.

The object of the invention is further to provide such a type chase adapted to utilize detachable type which can be readily changed when it is desired. to revise the printed matter and which is of a character to render the use of spacers or feelers unnecessary and more particularly adapted to utilize type having their bodies provided with vertical ribs by means of which type in the type holder the position of the is determined.

.hese and other objects and features of the invention will appear more the accompanying descr fully from iption and drawmgs Serial No. 614,687.

and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

lVhile a type chase embodying the invention may be utilized in various printing or marking machines whether power or handoperated it is for convenience of disclosure herein shown in connection with an ordinary type of hand-operated stamp such as enrployed in the marking or printing of tags or marking tickets.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a View in perspective of an ordinary form of hand-operated stamp or marking machine in connection with which a type chase embodying the present invention may be utilized;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a preferred form of type chase embodying the invention showing a plurality of type holders in place and also type in one of the holders;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the construction shown in Fig. 2 with the type removed; Fig. l is an end elevation of the type chase shown in Figs. 2 and 3 together with the platen of the printing or stamping ma chine into which it fits shown in vertical cross section;

Fig. 5 is a view in cross section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig; 6 is a view in perspective of one of the type holders shown in Figs. 2 and 3;

Fig. 7 is a View in perspective of the type holder shown in Fig. 6 looking in the opposite direction;

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of two of the type holders shown in laterally nested position;

Fig. 9 isan end elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a top plan view of two of the type holders shown endwise reversed from the position shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 11 is an end elevation of the construction shown in Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is a view in perspective of a typo character such as preferably employed in connection with the type chase of this invention.

The type chase, in the preferred form illustrated, comprises essentially a rectangular frame and a plurality of type holders mounted in the frame and extending trans versely thereof in desired spaced relation and secured to the frame. Both the frame and the type holders may be made of brass or other suitable metal by any suitable'oper ation.

The frame of the type chase comprises the front end member 1, the rear end member 2 and the side members 3, 4 and 5, 6. The side members are provided with similar longitudinal slots 7 to receive the ends of the type holders. In the construction illustrated the upper portions 3 and 5, or the portions'above the slots, of the side members, are cast or formed integral or rigid with the end meme bers 1 and 2 while, the lower portions 4 and 6, or the portions below the slot are removably secured to the remainder-of the structure ateach end by screws 8. Theupper portions 3'and 5 of the side members ezitendout laterally of the frame beyondthe' lower portions 4 and6 so as to form, with respect to the entire frame, ribs adapted to s'lide in ways in the side walls 9 ofthe 'platen 'o'f the press or stamp. The front end member 1 of the frame is provided with a suitable handle 10 by means of which the chase may he slid intov andremoved from the platen.

The type holders areof similar construetion and a preferred form of oneis shown separately in perspective'in Fi 's. 6' and 7. It comprises a rectangular bocy having arectangular opening 11 extending longitudinally of the body and vertically therethrough. One vertical wall of the body is provided with a longitudinal recess in" its exterior face of a size sufficient torec'eive the other verticalwallthus' enabling the holders to be laterally nested. In the construction illustrated this result is secured by forming the body of the type holder at one'face' with a main bar 12 extending longitudinally of the holder, and consequently transversely of the frame when the, holder is in place, and by forming the body of the holderat the other face with a pair of auxiliary bars 13 and 14 secured to the main bar parallel therewith. Thus the longitudinal recess in the one face is formed by the space between the auxiliary bars 13 and 14 and thisrecess is of a size to receive the main bar12 of au adjacent holder and'th'us enable the holders to belaterally nested. The main bar 12 is extendedfbeyondf the auxiliary bars} so as to provide projections or lugs 15 dapted to fit in the, slot 7 of w rming and; enable the type holder to befsecured in place" in; the frame. Theauxiliary bars'13 and14areof such a length a's'to ,fit against the inner surface of theside membersof the frame when the type holders are in place. 7

These type holders are designed particularly to be used in' connection with type of the genera-l character shown in thepatent to Pannier, Jr., No 1,030,120 granted June 18, 1912 and such as shown in Fig. 12 herein.

Such a type comprises a body portion 16 having the type character 17 at'the lower end and an overhanging head 18 at the upper end. Atthe front the usual indicating groove is provided and'also a vertical rib 19 which is for the purpose of locating the type in the holder.

The type" holder is accordingly provided on the interior face of the recessed vertical wall, or the wall composed of the auxiliary bars Band 14, with vertical longitudinally spaced'sockets' 20'. These sockets are to receive the ribs 19 ofthe type. lVhile these sockets are shown asextending."thi'oughthe lower" auxiliary bar 14 it unnecessary for them to do'so aiid they are'tlius formed merely for convenience when a sawing or' milling operation is employed.

By formingthe-'typeholders with. these vertical sockets 20' and using type-of the character illustrated in F 12 thesetting of the type becomes a very simple operation as the type are merely dropped in pla'ce'with-- out the necessity of providing spacers or;

otherwise justifying the type; When in place the overhanging head 18' of the-type rests upon tlieupper surface of the aukil iary bar 13. In this position'the type sharacter 17 comes well below the frame of the chase and the extreme-uppersurface of the type; is'in alignment with the upper surface of the frontend memberl'of" the frame as shown in Fig. 2. Consequently, when the typeh'ave been set up in the type holders in the frame, theentireframemay'he slid into position in the platen of thepressaiid the uppersurfaceofthe type and the upper surface of the front end menihe'r'l will be directly under and against the main body 21' of the platen.

By reason of the'c'onstru'ction of the-type holders'so thatfth'ey may nest laterally it is rangeme'nt allias'requi red by matter to be'printed. When thus-in" they are separately and individuallysecured by pins 22' driven through the "portions 8 and 5 of the side members of the frame into the projecting lugs or ends 15 of the holders Having this deadbeat-myseventies, wise causes the lines of type to face in theoppo tlit fr'a ine lit) I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is:

1. A printing chase comprising a rectangular frame having opposite side members provided with similar longitudinal slots, a plurality of type holders each comprising a rectangular body provided with projecting lugs at each end adapted to fit within the slots of the frame and having a rectangular opening extending longitudinally thereof and vertically therethrough, one vertical wall of each holder having a longitudinal recess in its exterior face to receive the opposite vertical wall of another holder whereby the holders may be closely nested to bring lines of type held thereby close together.

2. A printing chase comprising a rectangular frame, a plurality of type holders fitting within and extending transversely of the frame and provided with means for securing the type holders in the frame, each type holder having a rectangular opening extending longitudinally thereof and vertically therethrough to receive and support the type, one vertical wall of each holder having a longitudinal recess in its exterior face to receive the opposite vertical wall of another holder whereby the holders may be closely nested to bring the lines of type held thereby close together.

3. A type holder comprising a rectangular body having a rectangular opening extending longitudinally thereof and vertically therethrough, one vertical wall of said holder having a longitudinal recess in its exterior face of a size suflicient to receive the other vertical wall whereby a plurality of the said holders may be nested.

-l. A type holder comprising the construction defined in claim 3 in which vertical longitudinally spaced sockets are provided in the interior face of the recessed vertical wall to receive the vertical ribs of type haviug bodies provided with such ribs.

A type holder comprising the construction defined in claim 3 presenting lugs pro jecting at each end of the holder by which it may be secured in position.

6. A printing chase comprising a rectan ular frame having opposite side memz: u v c a a I bers provided with simllar longitudinal slots, a plurality of type holders each comprising a main bar extending transversely of the frame with its ends fitted in said slots, and a pair of auxiliary bars secured to to the main bar and extending transversely of the frame between the side members, the said auxiliary bars being spaced from the main bar a distance equal to the depth of the type body and from each other a distance not less than the thickness of the main bar whereby the holders may be closely nested to bring lines of type held thereby close together by causing the main bar of one type holder to fit in between the auxiliary bar of the next type holder.

7. A type holder comprising a main bar and a pair of auxiliary bars secured to and parallel with the main bar, both spaced from the main bar a distance equal to the depth of the type body and from each other a distance not less than the thickness of the main bar.

8. A type holder comprising the construction defined in claim 7 in which the main bar extends at both ends beyond the auxiliary bars to provide means for securing the type holder in a printing chase.

9. A printing chase comprising a rectangular frame, a plurality of similar, laterally nesting, endwise reversible, vertically slotted type holders, and means for separately and individually securing the type holders to, and transversely of, the frame.

10. A printing chase comprising a rectangular frame, a plurality of similar laterally nesting, and endwise reversible type holders, eachtypeholder having a rectangular opening extending longitudinally thereof and vertically therethrough to receive and support the type, and means for separately and individually securing the type holders to, and transversely of, the frame.

11. A printing chase comprising the construction defined in claim 10 in which vertical longitudinally spaced sockets are provided in the interior face of the 1ongitudinal opening thereof to receive the vertical ribs of type having bodies provided with such ribs.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ALONZO KIMBALL MARSH. 

